Oh this is truly sad news. I first started my online journey with a 300bps Hayes modem and an original 4.77mhz IBM PC, connecting with a service called The Sou

Oh this is truly sad news. I first started my online journey with a 300bps Hayes modem and an original 4.77mhz IBM PC, connecting with a service called The Source in 1981. I soon moved on to Compuserve and then, of course, BBSs. The first protocol I remember using was not Zmodem, but Xmodem, which as I recall, had a really nasty habit of losing its place in the middle of a 2 hour download, forcing you to start completely over. Remember, Compuserve costed $5/hr(!), so these disconnect/restarts were not only really annoying but quite expensive. Zmodem solved this problem very nicely...it was smart enough to restart downloads at the point of disconnect, and because of this, Chuck was a hero of my youth. Rest wel...NO CARRIER...